Mozambique’s vegetable exports up 11% in 2024 to US$167 million

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Mozambique’s vegetable exports up 11% in 2024 to US$167 million

2:16 CAT | 08 Jul 2025

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Mozambique’s vegetable and horticultural exports increased 11% in 2024, to US$167 million (€142.4 million), according to a statistical report from the central bank.

According to the data, the growth in exports was “influenced by the return to normality of the production process and the distribution of these crops”, which had been “affected by the adverse weather conditions that hit the country in 2023”.

Bananas, another traditional Mozambican export, brought in US$37 million (€31.5 million), up from US$32 million in 2023, mainly purchased by neighbouring countries, particularly South Africa.

Former Mozambican Minister of Agriculture, Celso Correia, stated in November 2024 that the outlook for the agricultural campaign was good, with rain and 5% growth.

With the consumer market in the south still dependent on agricultural imports from neighbouring South Africa, Correia admitted the need to improve Mozambican competitiveness in the sector.

“In order to be able to compete, [we need] to control the borders a little better, because we also have a lot of smuggling, which sometimes comes in and makes competition unfair, and (…) we have to help producers improve quality. The market also determines this exercise, but it is a gradual process,” Correia remarked at the time.

Commenting of the case of tomatoes, the minister said: “We still do not have sufficient technology for off-season greenhouse production, and the South Africans do. So, when the climate changes in Mozambique, local supply disappears, leaving us at the mercy of external supply.”

Source: Lusa